Most Valuable Promotions has strengthened its August 8 ESPN card in Orlando, Florida, with undercard action featuring promising Puerto Rican fighters Krystal Rosado and Jan Paul Rivera.<\/p>\n
Rosado, 9-1 (2 KOs), meets Mexico\u2019s Alondra Hernandez, 10-2 (2 KOs), in an eight-round women\u2019s bantamweight fight while WBA No.10-ranked Rivera, 15-0 (7 KOs), fights Abraham Perfecto, 14-2 (9 KOs), in an eight-round featherweight bout.<\/p>\n
\u201cPuerto Rico has always produced some of boxing\u2019s biggest stars, and we\u2019re proud to showcase two of the island\u2019s brightest young talents in Krystal Rosado and Jan Paul Rivera,\u201d MVP co-founders Jake Paul and Nakisa Bidarian said in a prepared statement.<\/p>\n
\u201cCombined with two world championship fights and rising contenders like Dainier Pero and Sebastian Juarez, [this] is another stacked card showcasing the world-class talent fans have come to expect from MVP.”<\/p>\n
The card, at Caribe Royale Resort, is headlined by Australia\u2019s undisputed bantamweight world champion Cherneka Johnson, 19-2 (8 KOs), versus Denmark\u2019s former unified champion Dina Thorslund, 24-0 (9 KOs).<\/p>\n
In the co-main event, Australia\u2019s unified IBF and WBO middleweight world champion Desley Robinson, 12-3 (4 KOs), will make her next 10-round title defense against top-ranked WBA, IBF, WBC and No. 2 WBO contender Tamm Thibeault, 4-0 (3 KOs).<\/p>\n
The action comes in the fifth edition of the MVPW platform on ESPN and its app, and includes a middleweight bout of Texas\u2019 Sebastian Juarez, 11-0 (8 KOs), versus Louisiana\u2019s Rance Ward, 9-6-1 (2 KOs) and the return of Cuban heavyweight Dainier Pero, 13-0 (10 KOs), versus New York\u2019s Aleem Whitfield, 10-1 (6 KOs), in a bout scheduled for 10 rounds. Brazil’s Pedro Conceicao, 6-0 (4 KOs), is also set to appear as he looks to continue his progress at welterweight.<\/p>\n
Rounding out the action is a four-round featherweight fight pitting Angelo Hernandez, 1-0 (1 KO), against Jose Fernandez, 2-1 (2 KOs), and Jadden Addison, 2-0 (1 KO), versus James Webb, 1-0, in lightweight action. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe moment has arrived. With discipline, sacrifice, and heart, I’m ready to step into the ring and give it my all,\u201d Rosado said. \u201cI carry the pride of Puerto Rico with me every step of the way. Every training session has prepared me for this great challenge, and now all that’s left is to experience the battle on August 8.\u201d<\/p>\n
Rivera is similarly enthused.<\/p>\n
\u201cReturning to the ring on August 8 in Florida is a great honor. Florida has become my second home, but I always bring Puerto Rico with me, and I\u2019m proud to represent my island on this stage,\u201d Rivera said. \u201cI’m very grateful to Nakisa and Jake for giving me another opportunity to showcase my talent. I always give my best, and this time you’ll see a JP with even more desire for great opportunities.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Most Valuable Promotions has strengthened its August 8 ESPN card in Orlando, Florida, with undercard action featuring promising…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":342963,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[25224,29088,28097,140707,140711,43438,139,141,140],"class_list":["post-342962","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-august","tag-boxing","tag-boxing-news","tag-boxingscene","tag-krystal-rosado","tag-mvp","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342962","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=342962"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342962\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/342963"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=342962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=342962"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=342962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}